Door-holder.



' F. H. NET'L,

DOOR HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED 00T.6, 1910 Patented June 13,1911.

STATES PATENT onnron.

FRED H. NETT, OF BIAL'TO, CALIFORNIA.

DOOR-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent; Patented J 1 1 13, 1911,

Application filed October 6, 1910. Serial No. 585,673.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED I-I. Nnr'r, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rialto, in the county of San Bernardino and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Door-Holders,"of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in door holding devices, and theprimary.

object of the invention is to produce a de vice of this character whichmay be easily and quickly brought into operation so as to sustain thedoor in any desired position, and which further provides means wherebythe door securing device may be raised out of contact with the floor andsustained in said raised position.

With the above, and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription progresses, the invention resides in the novel constructionand combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a doorshowing the device applied thereon and preventing the movement of thedoor. Fig. 2 is a similar view but illustrating the device arranged soas to allow the swinging movement of the door. Fig. 3 is a detail viewof the rack bar. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the securing rodshowing the foot attachment in section. Fig. 5 is a similar view of oneof the flexible clips.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 designates the door. Thisdoor 1 has connected therewith at spaced intervals flexible clips 2. Theclips 2 are preferably formed of a single strand of resilient materialcomprising a circular body 3 having its ends disposed in oppositedirections to provide the feet 4:, and the said feet each have suitableopenings adapted for the reception of securing elements 5. The clips 2are each adapted to surround and tightly engage a securing rod 6. Thissecuring rod may be constructed of any suitable material, but has itsupper end resilient and bent upon itself to form the loop 7 from whichextends the operating handle 8 having one of its ends provided with adog 9. By constructing the clips 2 of flexible material, it will beunderstood that the body 3 tightly engages the rod 6, and when it isdesired to adjust the said clips upon the securing bar or rod 6 it ismerely necessary to tighten the loop 3 and spread the arms 4 so that thesecuring elements 5 will sustain the loop in a congested or a smallerarea.

The lower end of the rod 6 may be threaded as indicated by the numeral10,

and secured to this threaded portion is a foot 11, the latter beingpreferably constructed of rubber, but may be formed of any othersuitable material. The foot 11 may have its under face serrated orsmooth as desired.

The numeral 12 designates the rack bar for the rod. This rack bar 12 hasits inner face 13 smooth and'its extremity provided with suitableopenings adapted for the reception of retaining elements 14. The outerface of the said bar is provided with teeth 15, and these teeth areadapted to lie in close proximity with the dog or ofiset 9 provided bythe handle 8.

From the above description, taken in con nection with the accompanyingdrawing, the construction and mode of operation should be perfectlyapparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains,it being noted that by a downward pressure upon the handle 8, the loop 7will be drawn away from the teeth 15 of the rack bar 12 so that eitheran upward or downward movement of the securing rod 6 may be easilyeffected and the foot 11 may be brought into contact with the floor oraway from contact thereof as desired. It will be further noted that whenpressure upon the handle member 8 is relieved the resilient loop 7 willforce the dog 9 into tight engagement with any of the teeth 15.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. Ina holding device for doors, spaced flexible clips secured upon the door,a rod tightly engaged by the clips, said rod having its lower endthreaded, a foot for said threaded portion, a rack bar upon the door, ahandle member integrally formed with the rod and having one of its endsprovided with a tooth adapted to normally engage one of the teeth of therack bar.

2. A door holding device, said device comprising a rod member having oneof its ends constructed of resilient material and bent to form a loop,and an integral handle for the loop, said handle having one of its endsformed with a dog, flexible clips engaging the rod and secured to thedoor, a foot upon the lower portion of the rod, and

a rack bar secured to the door and adapted to be normally engaged by thedog upon the handle.

3. In a holding device for doors, a vertically movable rod a foot uponthe rod, flexible clips surrounding the rod and connected With the door,said clips being each constructed of a single strand of resilientmaterial and providing a looped body portion and oppositely disposedarms provided with sustalning elements, the upper portion of theslidable rod being formed of resilient material, the said upper portionbeing looped and having its extremity provided With a handle having itsinner face provided With a projecting portion, a rack bar secured uponthe door, and the inner projecting portion of the handle adapted toengage between the teeth of the rack bar.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRED H. NETT.

Witnesses: t

W. E. ELLIOTT, A. B. PADDOCK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C.

